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API Code Examples — cURL

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cURL is the simplest way to test and interact with the Data Mammoth API from the command line. These examples provide a quick reference for common API operations that you can run directly in your terminal.

Setup

Set your API key as an environment variable:

export DM_API_KEY="dm_key_abc123def456"

Account

Get Account Details

curl -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/account" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Server Management

List All Servers

curl -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/servers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

List Running Servers Only

curl -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/servers?status=running" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

Get Server Details

curl -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/servers/srv_abc123" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

Create a Server

curl -X POST "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/servers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "web-production",
    "plan": "vps-standard",
    "region": "us-east",
    "os": "ubuntu-24.04",
    "hostname": "web01.example.com",
    "tags": ["production", "web"]
  }'

Start a Server

curl -X POST "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/servers/srv_abc123/actions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"action": "start"}'

Stop a Server

curl -X POST "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/servers/srv_abc123/actions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"action": "stop"}'

Restart a Server

curl -X POST "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/servers/srv_abc123/actions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"action": "restart"}'

Update Server Name and Tags

curl -X PATCH "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/servers/srv_abc123" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "web-staging",
    "tags": ["staging", "web"]
  }'

Delete a Server

curl -X DELETE "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/servers/srv_abc123" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

Get Server Metrics

curl -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/servers/srv_abc123/metrics?metric=cpu&period=24h" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

Available Plans and Regions

List Plans

curl -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/plans" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

List Regions

curl -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/regions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

List OS Images

curl -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/images" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

Billing

List All Invoices

curl -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/billing/invoices" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

List Unpaid Invoices

curl -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/billing/invoices?status=unpaid" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

Get Invoice Details

curl -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/billing/invoices/inv_2026_0042" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

Check Account Balance

curl -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/billing/balance" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

List Subscriptions

curl -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/billing/subscriptions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

Support Tickets

List Open Tickets

curl -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/support/tickets?status=open" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

Create a Ticket

curl -X POST "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/support/tickets" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "subject": "High CPU usage on web server",
    "department": "technical",
    "priority": "high",
    "server_id": "srv_abc123",
    "message": "CPU usage above 90% for the past 3 hours."
  }'

Reply to a Ticket

curl -X POST "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/support/tickets/tkt_12345/replies" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "message": "The issue has been resolved after optimizing MySQL queries."
  }'

Webhooks

Create a Webhook

curl -X POST "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/webhooks" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://yourapp.example.com/webhooks/datamammoth",
    "events": ["server.status_changed", "billing.invoice_created"],
    "secret": "your_webhook_secret"
  }'

List Webhooks

curl -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/webhooks" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

Tips for Using cURL

Pretty-print JSON — Pipe output through jq for readable formatting:

curl -s -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/servers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY" | jq .

View response headers — Add -i to include headers:

curl -i -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/servers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

Verbose output — Add -v for debugging:

curl -v -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/servers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY"

Save response to file:

curl -s -X GET "https://api.datamammoth.com/v1/servers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DM_API_KEY" -o servers.json

What to Do Next

API Code Examples — Python — Python examples.
API Code Examples — JavaScript — Node.js examples.
API Code Examples — PHP — PHP examples.
API Overview — Full API documentation.

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